Social Networks and their Mathematical Modeling

Authors

  • Juan Carlos Ortega Guerrero Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/rep.esp-16.1

Keywords:

social networks, network analysis, mathematical models, graph theory, Internet

Abstract

The information and communication technologies (ICT) have come to change the potential of social networks. Their diversity, scope and characteristics are creating a great impact on society, and their mathematical analysis is important to understand that. This chapter describes the basic concepts of networks; we will see how complex networks and their main characteristics are generated, especially small-world networks and their use to model social networks will be analyzed. Finally, some limitations with these mathematical models in the representation of social reality are described.

Author Biography

Juan Carlos Ortega Guerrero, Universidad Veracruzana

Doctor en Investigación Educativa por la Universidad Veracruzana. Investigador del Programa de Investigación e Innovación en Educación Superior de la Universidad Veracruzana.

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Published

2016-08-30

How to Cite

Ortega Guerrero, J. C. (2016). Social Networks and their Mathematical Modeling. Ensayos Pedagógicos Journal, 19-35. https://doi.org/10.15359/rep.esp-16.1

How to Cite

Ortega Guerrero, J. C. (2016). Social Networks and their Mathematical Modeling. Ensayos Pedagógicos Journal, 19-35. https://doi.org/10.15359/rep.esp-16.1

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